Some cute pictures!

Wyatt wearing sunglasses...this lasted all of 2 seconds!

Kaylee wearing sunglasses...she wore them a bit longer...about 5 seconds!

Wyatt sleeping with thumper...he sleeps with his eyes open a bit...has done that since he was tiny!!!!

Fun in the Sun!!

Yesterday was a beautiful day here. It was sunny and warm, a nice change from the windy rainy weather that we have been having! With the weather being as nice as it was we thought that it was time to set up the kiddie pool. We inflated it indoors and both Kaylee and Wyatt were facinated by this thing. We then took it outside, put it on the deck and filled it up with some nice cool-warm water, got the kids into thier swimsuits and headed out side.

Kaylee and Wyatt had so much fun in there pool! There was alot of splashing, giggles and fun had. They played in the pool for about 1/2 hour, when they decided that it was time to get out. Their feet were very wrinkly!

Wyatt and Kaylee playing in the pool







Kaylee "sunning" herself after playing in the pool. Notice how wrinkly her feet are!
Wyatt making faces at Lyra (our puppy). Wyatt and Lyra are very good buddies!

A New Experience

Yesterday was my nephew, Christopher, kindergarten graduation. With the weather being as nice as it was, this event was held outdoors. K, W and I decided to attend this event as we are all so proud of Christopher. When we arrived there were lots of people there, the playground was busy with all the children, and the laughter was wonderful to hear.



We found a nice patch of grass, I put K and W on the ground. K thought this was neat, she touched the grass, and tangled her fingers in it, then just sat there and entertained herself. Wyatt on the other hand, did not like this texture. He touched the grass with his hands and then held his hand up in the air and started to cry. I put a blanket down and he was much happier sitting on that. If any part of his body touched the grass my poor little guy cried!

I think it will be interesting for the next few trips outdoors to see how W gets used to the lawn!



Other than the experience with the lawn, a good time was had by all!

CONGRATS CHRIS!!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Another new experience was a new food. They are "puffs", and these dissolve in the mouth very quickly, but gives the experience to put food in the mouth, chew and swallow. K LOVES them, and even though she has no teeth yet, she "gums" them really well. W, he makes alot of faces when he eats them. He prefers to lay with them, and when they do make it to his mouth, half the time he tends to choke on them. He is not to sure about chunky things yet. He gets the puffs daily and I am hoping that very soon , he will be liking more texture!

moody times...

Ahh, how interesting it is to watch little personalities develope. Right now the trait of temper tantrums is being practiced. I would have to say that Kis mastering this, although at times it is definately provoked by her brother!

K will have a toy, or something that appeals to her interests and W will take an immediate interest in that object and go and take it. To begin with, K was like "whatever" and find a new thing. Now, she hasa temper, she screams and tenses her entire body. Now, this temper also is showing up when she does not get what she wants when she wants it. It is amazing how loud an 8 month old can get!!!!

W is developing his temper, but has not mastered it to the degree of his sister. When he does not get what he wants he screams, whines and at times just lies on the floor and cries. If he wants something he just takes it. If you take it away from him, she sits on his butt and cries!

I can honestly say,most times these little moods are easy to handle. When you add teething into the mix of this along with a cold....yikes, these are definately some moody times!!

I am definately looking forward to this phase of teething to be finished!!!

Happy Fathers Day!!!

Well this was Kayne's very first fathers day!! He was able to sleep in until about 830am, and Wyatt thought that he would show daddy how loud he could get! We had coffee waiting for daddy which I think was really enjoyed. When Kayne was enjoying morning hugs and cuddles with a cup of coffee he opened his fathers day gifts from K and W. He was given a mug from each of them, and each mug had a hand and foot print...Kaylees was done in pink, and Wyatts was done in blue. Kayne seemed to really like those mugs...I think it will be the only year that we will get a hand and foot print on a mug!!!

Daddy holding his new mugs:


W's footprint:

K's footprint:
It was much more difficult than I thought to get a foot print and a hand print!! But the mugs are definately priceless!!

It was a quiet day here, when K and W were up, daddy had alot of bonding time, and when it was nap time, daddy played on his computer! I was able to get some much needed sleep for most of the day.

In the late afternoon, all of us watched a movie and relaxed. It was good day!

Surprise!!!!

It was a busy saturday for us. We had a surprise 65th birthday party to attend. It was a great turnout and i think that everyone had a really good time. Audrey was surprised, this party was for her and she had no idea! There was alot of food, we had BBQ hambergers and hotdogs, then there was a few different salads, fruit trays, veggie trays and dessert. I made a birthday cake for Audrey, it looked amazing, I put in alot of time for that cake and it truly showed. I made alot of cake for 60+ people, so I think that Audrey will have alot of left over cake as there was also a carrot cake. Audrey-I hope that you have a really good time!

This is the cake that I made for Audrey:

Teething and colds....

So the past few nights in the Mitchell home has been a little rough. W is having his forth tooth come through on the top, as well as a runny, yucky nose. K is still drooling alot, and her nose is also running continuously and making it hard to breath normally!



Last night neither of them really wanted to go to bed, but W lost the battle to sleepiness. Kon the otherhand was not so easy going! She fought sleeping until the battle was lost at about 1030pm...yay for swings!!! She unfortunately woke up a couple of times screaming and it took a fair amount of love and cuddles to calm her down and get her back to sleep. The two of them are so tired, but they are also very stubborn....apparently they do not want to miss anything!!!

Oh what a night!!!!

Teething...ahhhh the fun of teething! So both K and Wt are teething, and on top of the teething they have that joyful runny nose that goes along with it. All day long, there poor little noses are running...then nighttime arrives. The nose stops running and gets all stuffy. Having 2 teething babies with a plugged nose so they can not breath at night time is not alot of fun!

My poor little sweeties were up so much last night because of the nose, and what sleep they did get was when they were on me, or right beside me. It sure did make a long night!! Today, thier little noses are still running, but at least they are little troopers and are still smiling and playing. I am sure we will all be happy when this phase of teething passes!

Pictures!

Kayne and I take ALOT of pictures...all I can say is "YAY for digital cameras!!!!!!!"


I just wanted to post some of our favorite ones:







Me and K having some girl time.
Mommy getting kisses from her little man.

K and her turtle. She absolutely loves this thing. When you press its left foot it giggles and that makes Kaylee laugh and smile!

W just relaxin.

Mommy and her little man. Kayne worked with this picture and came up with this. It is definately one of my favorites!

Grandpa (kaynes dad) and the grandbabies. Again, Kayne was playing with photoshop and created this amazing picture!

Finally!

Both W and Khave been "off" lately. They have been more fussy, whiny, clingy, and just not their normal happy self. Well, we just learned that W has his 3rd tooth now...I have been watching the bottom closely as it looks like he has 2 more trying to pop through on the bottom, but his new tooth is on the top! I did not notice it as it is not even a front tooth. K is chewing on everything, drooling lots and has a runny nose, so I am thinking she has some teeth on the way as well!

We went out today and got their 8 month pictures taken. They are cute and I am looking forward to getting these ones back. When we were done with pictures we went into walmart and found a neat little toy. It is called ride and surf elmo....the kids can sit on it and it rocks back and forth, if you turn it on it has a motion sensor to trigger a voice....that is kind of annoying so I think that it will be turned off alot! K and W love this thing...when K was on it she was beginning to figure out how to rock it...she is such a smart cookie!!! W was the first one to sit on this, and when I took him off so K could have a turn, he had a temper!! He was not a happy boy about having to share elmo!

It is so much fun watching K and W interact and learn new things everyday. I am truly blessed to be a mommy of twins!

New tastes...and a nice day!

Yesterday I decided to introduce a new food to K and W...they tried broccoli! There reaction was one that will be memorable...the HATED it!!!! K scrunched up her nose, rubbed her face and then refused to eat anymore of it. W, well he made it abundantly clear his dislike as on the third bite he started gagging. After the broccoli experience they were very hestitant with anything that went into there mouths, including on of their favorites-peaches. I will wait a bit and then attemp the broccoli and see how it goes when they are a little older.



Today, they enjoyed the treat of an arrowroot cookie and loved them. The very first one they tried, both K and W ate the entire cookie! I was expecting to find most of it mushed into the chair, on the floor and anywhere else they could get it. They did fairly well at eating, but did get cookie all over themselves. They seemed very proud of themselves for eating their cookies on their own.

Hubby's family came over for a BBQ today. We were having a little get together before his parents went back to work (they work road construction so they are gone alot). Kayne and I decided to do a little something special for them as it is hard for them to be away from all of us for so long, but more so they do not get to see K and W as often as they would like. I found a beautiful picture frame, and then we took some pictures and DH then selected some pictures and created some beautiful pictures. His parents loved it!

Overall, it was a really good, enjoyable day!

8 Months Already

I have been wanting to start a blog for awhile now, and I have FINALLY got around to doing it!

I am hoping to add to my blog daily, this way anyone who is interested in what is happening with us and read about new milestones can check in as often as they would like.

K and W are now 8 months old! Where has the time gone. It seems not too long ago that I was counting down the days until I could hold my babies and now they are 8 months old!!



This was me 3 days before K and W arrived! As you can see, my belly was a bit round, and I was really wanting to have the babies



Here I am holding K and W for the first time together

This is them at 7 1/2 months....oh how they have grown!!

I am amazed at how much K and W have learned and developed up to this point!

They are both eating solid foods. I have been making all of their food and so far, they have had: peas, carrots, butternut squash, acorn squash, green beans (hated those!), bananas, peaches, pears, blueberries and pumpkin. They also tried chicken, but they really did not like it and refused to eat more of it! Now that they are 8 months old, we will be trying some new food such as kiwi, brocoli, cauliflower, white potatoe, cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon. I am sure that these new tastes will be interesting and fun!!

K and W ar both crawling now, they both also stand up against furniture or anything that will support them, and now both are trying to stand unassisted! W is beginning to walk around furniture, and both have found their tempers!!!

They have recently began using sippy cups....they LOVE to chew on them and I have them free flowing when they are in their chairs during meal time...K loves to put water on her tray and splash away!!